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Personal Details of James Watkins

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Buried:	22/02/1899

Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on James Watkins.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

There is no burial register information available for James Watkins.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	Headstone inscribed both sides. (E) ILMO / HARRIETT NEWBERRY / who departed this life / Aug. 5th 1887 / aged 60 years. / Also of JANE NEWBERRY / who departed this life June 22nd 1896 in her 83rd year. / "Looking unto Jesus." (W) ILMO / JAMES EDWARD WATKINS / who departed this life Feb. 16th 1899 / aged 39 years . / "His end was peace."

Name on Memorial	James Edward Watkins
Date of death	16/02/1899
Age	39
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Headstone and footstone
Construction Material	Sandstone
Condition of memorial	Headstone east side readable, west side unreadable
Pattison Location Code	LN(H) 8
Others named on memorial
Harriett Newberry
Jane Newberry

Cemetery accounts

This information is taken from the accounts ledgers of the Newbury Cemetery Company that originally ran and maintained the cemetery.
The Ledgers are held at the Berkshire Records Office.

Name at death	James Watkins
Date of burial	22/02/1899
Whence brought	Newbury
Where & how buried	Conscrated Common Internment
By whom buried	Reverend J A Thomas
Account Entry	Book 02 - Page 105
Transcription comments	On FBMD

Accounts Entry for James Watkins
© Newbury Town Council
Reproduced with kind permission

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

James Edward Watkins

Source:	Newbury Weekly News
Article date:	02/03/1899
Copyright:	Newbury Weekly News
Transciption:	JAMES EDWARD WATKINS WATKINS – Feb 16, James Edward, dearly loved and only son of Eliza Watkins, 3 Oxford street, Speenhamland, Newbury The death of James Watkins is also recorded in the Newbury Union Workhouse Death Records 16th February 1899, aged 39, from Newbury, Corpse removed by relations.

Biographical Information

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